If there were to be a second referendum then the Leavers would (let’s just say “should”) destroy the Remoaners in the run-up debates. Leavers have all the Remoaner lies, the Remoaner attempts to derail negotiations, etc. to call on now. Eg there is no single word that has come out of Nick Clegg’s mouth that has turned out to be true. (“There will be no EU army”!)

If there were to be a second referendum then the Leavers would (let’s just say “should”) destroy the Remoaners in the run-up debates. Leavers have all the Remoaner lies, the Remoaner attempts to derail negotiations, etc. to call on now. Eg there is no single word that has come out of Nick Clegg’s mouth that has turned out to be true. (“There will be no EU army”!)

It's more subtle than that: "the proportion saying they voted Remain two years ago has gradually been creeping up in our surveys" (emphasis mine). I think the point is that people are lying about how they voted 2 years ago, because they sense that voting Remain is the socially acceptable thing to do. And if they're lying about that, they're probably lying about their current voting intentions as well...

if you're a remainer, you want another poll, and you think that the way to get that is to create the impression that people who voted leave are changing their minds en masse.
So you tell a pollster that you voted leave in the referendum but would vote remain now

if you're a remainer, you want another poll, and you think that the way to get that is to create the impression that people who voted leave are changing their minds en masse.
So you tell a pollster that you voted leave in the referendum but would vote remain now

I think the stronger factor is that Leave voters are afraid to admit their views because of intimidation by angry Remainers.
If you work in a big London company, you're better off not telling people you support Brexit.

As a strong remainer, we should just get the hell out of EU now. We have voted and lets just godamned get on with it.

I don't like the outcome of the vote, but some halfway house is the worst of all possible worlds. I honestly do not think that there should be another vote as if it does go the other way (which I am pretty sure it would, once most of the electorate found Europe on the map and collectively woke up to the huge stupidity of it) it would cause a fundamental split in the population which would be extremely destabilizing.